Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [noun pl] [vb pp] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | as the storm clouds gathered over the struggling Third Division club . |
| 2 | Extra-judicial killings by the security forces increased over the same period . |
| 3 | At first the companions think they have stumbled across a dead ship ; the crew lies slumped over the flight deck controls , their heartbeats non-existent . |
| 4 | The economic programme presented in February , which relaxed the monetarist controls implemented over the previous two years and sought to lift the economy out of recession by investing in state enterprises and boosting imports [ see pp. 38774-75 ] , was rejected by the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) on March 5 by 171 votes to 138 with 38 abstentions . |
| 5 | He stood with the carving implements poised over the ruined saddle . |